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April 23, 2018October 30, 2018

Clean Snacking: Your Favorite Ice Cold Summer Treat – Protein Packed.

Happy Monday. Last week we went pretty deep into an article that can drastically help women in the gym, by adding some simple but effective supplements to your daily nutrition, and explaining why these are so important for women specifically, albeit benefiting both sexes greatly.

This week it’s all about getting ready for summer. I figure since things are starting to warm up, the best way to enjoy (not to mention combat) the heat is by making an old school favorite, with a new twist – protein packed Popsicles.

If you’re from my neck of the woods, this week got pretty warm. I’m not a huge fan of air conditioning 24/7, so if you’re like me, you’ll know there’s nothing more satisfying than sitting outside on the deck enjoying the evening breeze, or inside in front of the fan while enjoying your afternoon getting some work done.

Even then though, sometimes you just need something that’ll cool you down quick.

For me, a nice, chilled ice tea, some ice cream, or novelty popsicles usually come to mind when I think of the approaching summer heat (that or a good swim).

You can continue to enjoy things you like, without significantly altering your lifestyle – the main thing to focus on is keeping your lean muscle packed on and the waistline decent looking, so you stay fighting fit.

So when it comes to beating the summer heat, you can still make sure you get your protein hit, some healthy fats, antioxidants, minerals, and a good boost of vitamins, without sacrificing indulging your taste buds.

Here’s a quick, easy, nutrient and protein packed Popsicle recipe. The perfect way to have your cake and eat it too, for lack of a better analogy.

Enjoy.

Makes: 8 Popsicles, depending on how big your molds are.

Prep Time: Less time than it takes to blend your morning protein shake.

Freeze Time: Around 1-2 hours, depending on how cold you keep your freezer (mine’s like the South Pole).

I will say that I generally don’t encourage drinking almond milk (which is probably why I’ve never bothered putting up a recipe on here, despite some requests after the Almond Butter recipe I posted a while back), largely because almonds are much more nutrient dense when eaten in whole form.

When you make almonds into a milk and discard the rest of the almond, sure, you’ve got a tasty drink – but you’ve also single-handedly thrown away a significant amount of the nutrients almonds come packed with in whole form. Good job buddy *patronizing pat on shoulder*.

Lastly, like I mentioned earlier, depending on the size of your Popsicle molds, the serving size may vary, not to mention you may need to add more water to fit the molds – that last point is really only applicable if you’re a perfectionist though. This isn’t a beauty contest.

I avoid adding more water as I like a Popsicle that doesn’t melt ridiculously fast, but that’s just me.

Here’s the approximate individual and total nutritional values for the whole batch, at 8 Popsicles.

Per Popsicle: 5 g ~ Protein, 4 g ~ Carbs, 1 g Fats

TOTAL NUTRITIONAL VALUES PER BATCH = 40 g ~ P, 32 g ~ C, 8 g ~ F

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If you really like this recipe, and the way it provides nutritional value breakdown, but don’t have the SUPP UP. books yet, buy either SUPP UP. On The Go or SUPP UP. At Home E-BOOKS now, and discover what other, unique to each book recipes are available under the “Snacks” chapters (preview of chapters available in shop).

Both books have recipes that provide nutritional breakdown so it makes things dead easy (as a heads up, this isn’t a recipe from the book – see ‘Recipe Credit’ at the bottom of this page).

Drop by next week for yet another great post to add to your workout and nutrition arsenal.

Stop doing guesswork, start making the necessities of your life easier.